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Got Myself a 128K “Toast Rack”! (Plus a simple audio fix guide.)I got myself a 128K Spectrum off of eBay the other day. It’s in pretty good nick, but the membrane went the way of the dodo sometime during shipping …
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Happy Birthday Old FriendIts the ZX81's birthday today so I thought I would write what my own personal experiences with the machine were. http://www.thezxspectrum.com/2018/0…
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Trying to repair my old 48kAbout 30 years ago I had a spectrum 48k, it had some troubles in the end, it was very unstable when it was cold, so I had to warm it up an hour befor…
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Poll on Twitter. Loser fucks off from social mediaThere is a poll on twitter where you can pick who you want to stay on social media (maybe youtube) between me (Preston Thomas or George Cropper. Its …
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EVENT - SUPER Retro Games Fair - 23rd June LEEDS[b]The SUPER Retro Games Fair is back for its biggest event yet![/b] [url=https://www.facebook.com/events/301327860282273/][IMG]http://i63.tinypic…
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Spending old £10 notesI was saving for something last year but got sidelined and never managed to finish saving. I noticed today that the savings contain a lot of the old…
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Privacy concerns online etc. Facebook, Google, etc....So, Facebook has been in the news recently because the governments have just realized the dangers behind how much data these companies are raking in.…
... overseas using twitter. So, the media and various govt committees are ... worrying about it to others (old school friends on Facebook etc ... -
DivIDE (old) and flashing EsxDOS helpI have an old old old DivIDE (I think 57c) and I would like to flash it with EsxDOS. I have 3 questions a)Is [url="https://www.bytedelight.com/?p…
I have an old old old DivIDE (I think 57c) and ... section) appropriate for flashing the old DivIDE model?
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Just rescued an old tape recorder from the thrash binPeople who saw me must have thought that I am crazy. :P Couldn't resist, in spite of the poor exterior condition of the unit (all wet and dirty) i…
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New Game: Old Towerhttps://youtu.be/4rHJEpqoH3A Old Tower is a multicolor scroller for zx spectrum. You play as a little explorer in a tower full of deadly traps a…
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Poke needed for "Old Tower" - new gameHi, can anyone produce an invincibility cheat for the new homebrew game "Old Tower" please, infy lives ain't enough for me :-(
Hi, can anyone produce an invincibility cheat for the new homebrew game "Old Tower" please, infy lives ain't enough for me :-( -
What % of WOSSERS use "old school" tape loading when playing their Speccy games.My guess is .000000001% ( but I might be slightly out on this! ) Do people still enjoy doing it "the old way"?
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old 128K music and nowaday 128k musicthe old "official" specy 128 games has very good music, I love them. but these music are not uses the capatibilites of the AY chip, why? for exampl…
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DCP Interpacks - New Old Stock Still Available (Limited)!We rarely see New Old Stock of interfaces for ZX Spectrum appear - Never mind Still being on sale from the 1980's! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.c…
We rarely see New Old Stock of interfaces for ZX ... Spectrum (as well as other old computers). They are still sold ... as new old stock, by the original seller ... original Seller/Maker, as New Old Stock. There are a limited ... -
The Generality of how to Preserve Software "in the round" . Software sellers are now citing their use of "air tight " boxes etc - so we know that an effort is now being made to preserve . But these (often "R…
... ) . But as it now very old , even I have to acknowledge ... is dependent on the associated media being there , otherwise it is ... book or highly specific printed media explaining how the software can ... preservation of the back up media is the most important factor ... -
How many New Style "Speccy" PCBs are Made to Fit in an "old style" 48K Case? And what are their names? Most of them are produced in small batches so there could be quite a few small variations. Many of these are not produced…
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The cheating AI in old Street Fighter gamesHaving acquired a couple of decent controllers for my PC recently, I played a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn't get too far on any of…
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New/Old Spectrum UserI was recently fortunate enough to acquire an original model 48k Speccy for the cost of shipping on AtariAge and it's given me the impetus to have an…
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Comparing the old and new site design - my feedbackHello folks, As a regular visitor to the WOS site, I would like to offer a little feedback on the new-look design. I hope you won't take offence t…
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• Archive list pages: The old archive list used a monospace ... get your attention. The old site looked completely relaxing to ... MUCH preferred the old blue colour scheme. The old site used ... -
Coronavirus cases stable across most of England - ONSThis is a couple of weeks old, but somehow I missed it then and found it tucked away in the Health Section of the BBC News website, I could not even …
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Looking for Woody's old DiskBuilder utilityI used to have it many moons ago. It writes a +3 .dsk with bin files and had a nice loader with AY player. I used to use it to put loads of games on …
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What to do with Old CD Singles.I have been reorganizing and come across a lot of my old CD singles from the 90s. I never listen to them, but they are in perfect shape. I am debatin…
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Old VGA to TV converter, still a good option?Came across this converter box, seems a bit old but I was surprised to learn it can output RGB/scart. [url=https://ibb.co/Hgp29vN][img]https://i.i…
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How to Use a real Physical Old Style Retro ZX Spectrum INFREQUENTLY and EFFECTIVELY.These days a lot of WOSSERS use emulators most of the time but like to get out the old Speccy ,every once in a while ,for a quick nostalgic revisit .…
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1) A new (now old!) keyboard . Some like the DKtronics ... keyboard connector" problem.And these old keyboards are now quite expensive ... manage" our involvement with an old machine that can sometimes be ... -
The "Fun" of old equipment...Warning to others with the Alphacom 32.So I manage to slowly rebuild my spectrum, and a part of that is getting a new printer. The Brother printer I once had is no more, and I don't want t…
... , so I picked up an old Alphacom 32... Untested. A friend ... suddenly all the 40 year old magic smoke escapes...
Strange Microdrive format.Hi all, I got a new (old?) cartridge today and it's called "ArchBak" and just ran forever in my Spectrum when I did a CAT. However when I looked d…
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I got a new (old?) cartridge today and it's ... it, as it was old and the media somewhat damaged, but a ...The ZX Dev is back - ZX Dev Media - Demakes!After more than 1 and a half years, the ZX Dev compo is back! This edition the topics are Media (TV, Movies, cartoons, radio, books, comics, etc) and…
... ! This edition the topics are Media (TV, Movies, cartoons, radio, books ... !
https://zx-dev-media-demakes.proboards.com/
Scrolling through old threads......Anybody searched and scrolled through their old threads on here and thought WTF did I do or say that? I didn't really know what I was doing to be ho…
... searched and scrolled through their old threads on here and thought ...The ZX Dev is back! ZX Dev Media & DemakesAfter more than 1 and a half years, the ZX Dev compo is back! This edition the topics are Media (TV, Movies, cartoons, radio, books, comics, etc) and…
... ! This edition the topics are Media (TV, Movies, cartoons, radio, books ... .
https://zx-dev-media-demakes.proboards.com/
"Old English"Here is one expression (a real blast from the past):- [url="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=infra+dig"]https://google.com/searc…
... wrong , after all , it was "old speak" ).
Would it be ... checked it out in an old dictionary .- It does mean "beneath ... uns" totally misinterpreted what the "old uns" were saying!
